2000Nissan Frontier, 4 cyl, 2 whl drive, auto, about 72,000 miles.
Started up, drove 1/8 mile( ran smooth) then engine sputtered a few times, then conked out while driving.
Engine cranks but will not restart. 1st time this happened.

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Have 2000 frontier 70000 miles driving down highway everything just fine then engine stalled and never started found out the tensioner for the timing chain stuck causing engine to jump timing check top tensioner that keeps your chain tight

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The car wash pressure may have disconnected an electrical connector part way or completely. Check for this all around the engine and transmission. Touch and wiggle all of them! Dont forget to check under the car all the back to and around the gas tank. Also check for a vacuum line that is popped off or even broken.
Aside from that, water has got into something. Check all power distribution boxes for moisture.
If you dont know how old the plug wires are, or they are the originals, you should replace them.
With plug wires, its the age, not the miles.

The 2 components that I would suspect would be the Coil pack and the Cam sensor.
I had a similar issue on a Sorento. Intermittent miss on one of the cylinders. The Coil pack was bad. When I replaced it, there was a burnt smell to the bad one. It sounds like things were a bit bumped around with this engine as the O2 sensor was bent. The Coil packs are very fragile.
Hope this helps. God Bless

It sounds like an ignition problem. Make sure your battery is good and connections are clean. I would start by replacing the plug wires and spark plugs. This is a good tune up procedure anyway and will increase your mileage some. Clean or change the air filter. The obvious thing is to make sure the oil is new and filled to the correct level, not overfilled. Your engine will love you. I hope this helps.